Victorious Wink Forest

Latin victōriōsus, of victory — derived from victor (winner). As a color modifier, victorious implies a saturated-and-celebratory-and-conquering quality, the deep-rich color of Roman-Imperial victory-procession purpura-dyed paludamentum cloak. Sits at the bold-and-celebratory end of the grid, parallel to triumphant and conquering.

Old English wincian, to-close-eye-briefly. As a color modifier, wink implies a brief-and-coy-and-twinkling quality, the visual register of star-and-candle-flame-wink hand-brief-and-coy-and-twinkling star-and-candle-flame-and-distant-window winked-and-brief-and-coy-and-twinkling surfaces under star-and-candle-flame-and-distant-window twinkling-and-coy-and-brief night-window-light. Sits at the modifier-and-mood end of the grid, parallel to blink and glint in usage.

The dense canopy of a temperate or tropical woodland — oak, beech, pine, eucalyptus, mahogany — wherever leaves close above to filter the light below. Forest green refers to the average reflectance of a healthy mid-summer canopy seen from below: a saturated, slightly muted green with the matte finish of layered chlorophyll. Deeper than fern, cooler than olive, with the ecological weight of a word that has named every wooded biome on Earth.